Posts from — November 2009

The Library has many past examination papers available online–here’s a quick demonstration on how to find them:

The exams are only available to staff and students so you will have to enter your La Trobe username and password to access them. It is also a good idea to check the course materials for your subject on the University’s ‘Schools and Departments‘ webpages as many exams are also available on the web.

And if you need more help, remember your Subject Librarian is expert at finding resources–drop in and have a chat with them!

This time of year can be stressful, but remember the University has some great resources to help you get through this period:

• Planning and priorities
  To do lists, ways to prioritise, breaking up tasks so they don’t seem so daunting.
• Study timetables
  Different approaches to using timetables including downloadable forms.
• Goal setting
  Tips for goal setting, different types of goals, focusing your energy.
• Revision and exam preparation
  Strategies for completing and preparing for exams. You can also look up old exam papers.
• Reading & note taking, editing and proofreading
  Checklists and strategies for that last minute editing and proofing.

There are more links to information on making presentations and academic writing available at Student Learning.  Also if you’d like to talk to someone face to face about study issues there are services at all campuses with friendly specialist advisors to help you.

The Library’s ‘Bundoora Annexe’ at 666 Waterdale Road has been established. Work to connect to the University’s telephone and computer networks has been completed. A tender for erection of 20km of shelving has been let, and construction is well underway.

The Bundoora Annexe features an air conditioned workroom which will be furnished to allow its use, by appointment, by researchers requiring access to the print collections stored there. On request, delivery of information from the store will also be provided, either as hard copy or emailed scans of journal articles.

More information on the Project, including plans and FAQs, is available at: www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/bundoora/building/

Systems Biology for Drug Discovery:

Professor Liam O’Connor, Professor of Systems Biology & Bioinformatics, Bioscience Research Centre, La Trobe University

• 12-1pm Friday 6 November, Level 1, Seminar Room, Borchardt Library, La Trobe University

Post-genomic era drug discovery takes place in the context of an exponentially growing amount of genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic and chemical data. Making sense of all this information often requires going beyond reductionist models of biology and pharmacology. Dr O’Connor’s research involves using multiple diverse data types to extend our knowledge of the developmental and molecular signaling pathways dysregulated in disease.